Dr.(USA), Benjamin Franklin Davis

Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Davis was born on October 11, 1836, in Painted Post, Steuben, New York to Joseph P. Davis and Mary Darby. Frank enlisted in the military on April 20, 1861, in Ohio, when he was 24 years old. He was a physician for the Union Army.

Davis' military career began in 1861 with a three-month tour in Company B, 4th O.V.I, under Captain H.B. Banning. In 1862 Davis became one of the "squirrel hunters" during the Cincinnati Invasion, and in March 1863, about a month after his graduation from Starling, he was commissioned assistant surgeon of the 44th O.V.I. When the 44th O.V.I. became the 8th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 1864, Davis served during the Lynchburg Raid and in part of the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. He was also an eyewitness to the historic ride during the Battle of Winchester at Cedar Creek. In 1865 Davis was mustered out of the Army.

Benjamin was a physician and druggist in Tontogany, Wood County, Ohio. The registers and ledgers of B.F. Davis, physician and druggist in Tontogany, Ohio, cover most of his medical career, from 1865-1906. The registers and ledgers span from 1877-1906 and are an excellent example of patient and customer accounts of a very successful medical practice and private business.

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